On Wednesday 09 August 2006 20:45, dave s wrote: > I have a string problem. The following code skips the loop if the string > 'app' is on the banned list ... > > self.ban_app_list = > [' ', 'live_dat', 'exact_sl', 'html_str', 'valid_da', 'datacore', > 'check_co', 'logger'] > > if app in self.ban_app_list: > continue > > the string 'app' is derived from some more string splicing. All works well > except for 'logger', the 'app' string becomes 'logger ' so no match. So I > > app.rstrip() > > thinking it would sort the problem. no go :( > > len(app) is still 8. OK ... I am stuck ... > > Is there a way to show the ascii values of the string - kind of hexedit for > a string > > I am sure the padding blanks are just spaces rstrip() appears to disagree > > Any help greatly appreciated > > Dave > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Stupid basic error held me up for a couple of hours :) app.rstrip() should have been app = app.rstrip() _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor